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Category: Backyard Flocks
- Best Place to Buy Baby Chicks
- 6 Forms of Cannibalism in Chickens
- The Best Number of Chickens for Your Flock
- How Many Chickens Make a Flock?
- All Chicken Keepers Face These 3 Challenges
- Placing a Value on Chickens Killed by a Dog
- Successfully Transition Poultry From the Brooder to Outdoors
- The Best Time to Order Chicks
- Keeping Chickens in the Garden — Good Idea, or Not?
- Do Backyard Chickens Attract Flies?
- Why Did My Chicken Stop Laying Eggs?
- How to Deal with a Mean Rooster
- How to Make a Dust Bath for Your Chickens
- A Beginner’s Guide to Raising Chickens for Eggs
- Is It Better to Feed and Water Chickens Inside or Outdoors?
- 20 Terrific Reasons to Keep a Flock of Chickens
- Homegrown Chicken Tastes Great Without 11 Herbs and Spices
- Convincing a Chicken to Roost in Its Coop
- What Do You Call the Place Where You Keep Your Chickens?
- 4 Outstanding Dual-Purpose Sex Link Hybrid Chickens
- Bird Watching: A Look at Pheasants and Chukar
Category: Cackle Hatchery News
- Get Your Chicks On Route 66
- 2022 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- Cackle Hatchery Chick Ship Dates and Store Pickup Dates
Category: Chicken Care
- To Heat or Not to Heat the Chicken Coop?
- Signs of Molting in Chickens
- Green Muscle Disease in Broiler Chickens
- How to Feed Pullets for Optimal Egg Production
- 8 Summer Strategies to Keep Your Chickens Comfortable
- 12 Common Questions about Chicken Characteristics
- Reasons Not to Use Chicken Wire
- Keep Digging Predators Out of Your Chicken Yard
- Get Your Chickens Ready for the Fair
- Feeders for Baby Chicks
- 15 Common Questions about Chicken Behavior
- 17 Common Questions about Feeding Chickens
- Protect Your Chickens from Infectious Coryza
- The Right Height for Chicken Nests
- Mice in the Chicken Coop
- Vent Prolapse in Chickens
- Summer Treats for Your Chickens
- Best Bedding for Chickens
- Black Australorp Chickens in the Heritage Breed Spotlight
- Why You May Need a Bigger Chicken Coop than You Thought
- Caring for Bantam Chickens
- 10 Things to Know Before You Get Chickens
- Causes of Water Belly in Laying Hens
- How Many Chicken Nest Boxes Do You Need?
- Shredder Gene in Lavender Chickens
- 6 Reasons to Hatch Poultry Eggs in an Incubator
- How to Mix Different Chicken Breeds in One Flock
- Should You Vaccinate Your Chickens?
- What is Biosecurity for Chickens?
- Why Chickens Drink More Water
- Blackhead in Turkeys Is a Serious Disease
- What Kind of Chickens Live the Longest?
- When Not to Add Vinegar to Chickens’ Water
- What to Do if My Egg Layer Stops Laying Eggs?
- 6 Respiratory Diseases of Chickens — Why Is My Chicken Wheezing?
- Safe Kitchen Scraps for Chickens
- Do Chickens Really Need a Dust Bath?
- Why Do Chickens Molt?
- How to Help Your Chickens Through a Molt
- What Kind of Care Do Chickens Need in Winter?
- How to Sex Poultry — Chickens, Turkeys, Guineas, Ducks, Geese
- How to Sex a Chicken
- What Causes Diarrhea in Chickens?
- How to Control Cannibalism in Chickens
- Feed Options — What Do Chickens Eat?
- Causes of Cannibalism in Chickens
- Chicken Coop Draft or Good Ventilation?
- Why a Chicken Goes Blind
- Hens Can Grow Spurs, Too
- Why Chickens and Wild Birds Shouldn’t Mix
- Coccidiosis — the Scourge of Chicks and Poults
- Medicinal Herbs for Chickens
- Sour Crop in Chickens and Turkeys
- Garlic for Chickens
- Prepare Your Chicken Coop for Winter
- Crop Impaction in Chickens
- 7 Ways to Help Your Chickens Stay Cool in Summer
- How Chickens Keep Themselves Cool in Summer
- Feather Loss in Baby Chicks
- 18 Weeds that Are Toxic to Chickens
- Managing Forage for Free-Range Chickens
- Birch Tree Betulin, New Antibiotic for Poultry?
- How to Clip a Chicken’s Wing Feathers
- Do Vultures Kill Chickens?
- Care and Feeding of Longtail Roosters
- 8 Reasons to Store Poultry Equipment Clean
- 5 Things To Know Before Building A Chicken Coop
- Penning a Hen with Her Chicks
- Dealing with Scaly Leg Mites in Chickens
- How to Trim a Chicken’s Parrot Beak
- How to Care for Bantam Chicks Shipped by Mail
- How to Treat a Chicken with Bumblefoot
- Planning Your Spring Chick Order
- How Much Water Does a Chicken Drink?
- How Much Feed Does a Chicken Eat?
- Buying a Ready-Made Chicken Coop — 10 Things to Consider
- How to Control Ammonia in the Chicken Coop
- What is Grit and Why Do Chickens Need It?
- How to Train Chickens to Go into Their Coop at Night
- Chicken Feed — Whole Grains, Mash, Pellets, or Crumbles?
- 8 Things to Know Before Building a Chicken Coop
- How to Trim a Rooster’s Spurs — and How Not To
- 6 Steps Toward Successfully Breeding Backyard Chickens
- How to Trim a Chicken’s Toenails
- Which Chicken Breeds Make the Best Broody Hens?
- Got Chicks®! Now What? 8 Chicken Facts That Surprise First Time Owners
- Chicken Predators [Infographic]
- How to Help Your Chickens Stay Warm in Winter
- How Chickens Keep Themselves Warm in Winter
- What to Do with Unwanted Roosters
- Can You Stop a Rooster From Crowing?
- Which Chicken Started Laying Eggs?
- How to Protect Your Poultry During a Natural Disaster
- Can I Legally Keep Chickens in My Backyard?
- Should You Vaccinate Your Chickens Against Marek’s Disease?
- Does a Snake Eat Chickens and Eggs? You Bet!
- Learn How to Set up a Brooder for Baby Chicks [Video]
- Is Permethrin a Safe Treatment for Poultry Lice and Mites?
- How Do Chickens Get Lice?
- How to Handle Baby Chicks, Ducklings, and Goslings
- Best Chicken Breeds for Free Range
- Keeping Ducks Together with Chickens
- How to Care for Baby Chickens Delivered by Mail
- Why Baby Chickens Get Pasty Butt and What to Do About It
- How Can Baby Chickens Survive in the Mail?
- Online Sources for Reliable Information on Poultry Health
- What In the World Is That Weird Thing Called a Lash Egg?
- Egg Incubation: Should You Help Chickens Hatch?
- What Is the Best Liner for Chicken Nests?
- Do Your Chickens Need Deworming?
- How to Take Care of Baby Chickens
- How to Recognize and Treat Frostbite in Chickens
- How to Protect Your Chickens from Frostbite
- The Best Mating Ratios for Poultry: How Many Hens per Rooster?
- How to Provide Comfort Roosts for Your Chickens
- What Do Baby Chicks Eat?
- Studies Find Light and Sound Can Affect Chicken Productivity
- Tips on Watering Baby Chicks in a Brooder
- How to Remove Dried Mud Caked on a Chicken’s Shanks and Toes
- When Will My Hen Start Laying Eggs?
- Four Kitchen Scraps Not to Feed Your Chickens
- Have Fun Showing Poultry with Less Stress to You and Your Birds
- Protecting Your Flock From Mites and Lice
- Do You Need a Rooster in Your Roost?
- Is Free Ranging Really Right for your Flock?
- Understanding Your Chickens’ Pecking Order
- Coccidiosis: The Signs, Symptoms and Treatment
- Sprouting Fodder for Your Chickens
- Hallmarks of a Happy Henhouse
- Safely Treating an Egg-Bound Hen
- Integrating New Chickens Into Your Flock
- How Can I Prevent My Chickens From Getting Sick?
- Promoting Healthy Egg Laying
- Protecting Your Chickens from Predators
- Tips for Caring for Your Baby Chickens
Category: Chicken Eggs
- How Many Eggs Does a Turkey Lay?
- How Many Eggs Does a Duck Lay?
- 17 Common Questions about Chickens and Eggs
- How Old Can Eggs Get?
- Which Poultry Breed Lays a Black Egg?
- Heritage Breed Spotlight: Fawn & White Runner Duck
- How to Tell a Good Egg from a Bad Egg
- How to Whip Egg Whites
- When To Expect Your Chickens to Start Laying Eggs
- At What Age Do Hens Start Laying Eggs?
- Why Chickens Lay Eggs with Abnormal Shells
- How to Store Eggs in Lime Water
- How to Store Eggs in Water Glass
- The Safest Way to Store Eggs
- Cackle Hatchery’s Best Blue Egg Layers
- Broody Chicken Hens as Foster Moms
- Why Chicks Peep Before Hatching
- 15 Chicken Breeds that Lay Large Eggs
- How to Candle Eggs for Hatching or Eating
- Can a Rooster Lay an Egg?
- Chicken Embryology Video Series Offered on YouTube
- Why Are Some Egg Yolks More Yellow Than Others?
- 10 Reasons Hens Eat Their Own Eggs
- What to Do with Wooden and Ceramic Eggs
- Tips for Hatching Chicken Eggs in an Incubator
- Why Does a Chicken Hen Lay a Miniature Egg?
- What Causes a Double-Shell Egg?
- 12 Chicken Breeds with the Best Laying Hens
- How to Breed Olive Egger Chickens: 6 Questions Answered
- Unraveling the Mystery of a Hen’s Egg Song
- Make Breakfast Easy With This Egg Casserole Recipe
- Make the Perfect Boiled Egg with These Handy Devices
- Why Do Chicken Eggs Come in Different Colors?
- US Egg Consumption Hits 20-Year High
- Embryonic Exposure to Light Could Affect Chicken Temperament
- Study Finds Free-Range Eggs Contain More Vitamin D
- Does a Hen Lay an Egg Every Day?
- What Is an Egg Tooth?
- Five Ways to Preserve Surplus Homegrown Eggs
- Scientists Use Laser Spectroscopy to Sex Chicken Embryos
- 5 Creative Uses for Your Eggshells
- Turn Eggshells Into Miniature Seed Planters
- How to Get Your Hens to Lay Eggs in a Nest, Not on the Floor
Category: Chicken Facts
- 5 Outstanding Chicken Breeds for a Cold Climate
- Chickens Are Birds, But…
- 9 Common Questions about Meat Chickens
- 5 Reasons to Keep a Rooster, and 5 Reasons Not to
- Feral Chickens of Hawaii
- Necessities for Your Chickens
- Bantams Are the Best Chickens for Kids
- Free-Range Chickens, Good Idea or Not?
- Does Your Homeowners Association Allow Chickens?
- Molting Sequence in Chickens
- Standard Chicken versus Bantam, What’s the Difference?
- Easter Egger Bantam Chickens in the Spotlight
- Crossbeak in Chickens
- 5 Best First Chickens for Kids
- Lakenvelder Chickens in the Heritage Breed Spotlight
- Sicilian Buttercup Chickens in the Heritage Breed Spotlight
- What You Can Learn from a Chicken’s APA Class
- Chicken Heredity and Genetic Basics
- Welsummer Chickens in the Breed Spotlight
- Avoid These 5 Mistakes When Cooking Chicken
- Speckled Sussex Chickens in the Heritage Breed Spotlight
- What Are Heritage Chickens?
- Orpington Chickens in the Heritage Breed Spotlight
- Wyandotte Chickens in the Heritage Breed Spotlight
- 9 Reasons to Show Your Chickens
- Silkie Bantam Chickens in the Breed Spotlight
- Heritage Breed Spotlight: Welsh Harlequin Duck
- True Bantam Chicken Breeds
- Heritage Breed Spotlight: Cayuga Duck
- 10 Reasons to Keep Bantam Chickens
- 11 Cold Hardy Bantam Breeds
- 10 Chicken Breeds with Beards
- Chicken Breed Abbreviations
- Breed Spotlight: Aseel Chicken
- Why Can’t Chickens Fly?
- What is a Purebred and What Is a Hybrid Chicken?
- What Is a Dual Purpose Chicken?
- The Lethal Creeper Gene in Japanese Bantams
- Repellent Herbs for Chickens
- What Causes Wry Neck in Chickens?
- 5 Chicken Breeds that Have 5 Toes
- Chicken Breeds that Are Exceptional Foragers
- Breed Spotlight: Lovely Longtail Chickens
- Mini Glossary of Chicken Terminology
- 4 Ways to Tell Male and Female Chicks Apart
- What Kind of Music Do Chickens Like?
- Breed Spotlight: Frizzle, Frazzle, and Sizzle Chickens
- Why Does a Rooster Have Wattles?
- The Origin of Modern Chickens
- Difference Between Production Chickens and Show Chickens
- What Is a Strain of Chickens?
- Blue Laced Red Wyandotte or Splash Laced Red Wyandotte?
- Chicken Keeping: A Time-Honored Tradition
- What’s the Difference Between a Barred Rock and a Dominique?
- Which Chicken Breed Looks Like a Hawk?
- Olive Egger Chickens: 6 Questions Answered
- Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
- Why Do Chickens Wipe Their Beaks?
- Do Roosters Have a Penis?
- Dust Bathing Chickens Get Dirty to Get Clean
- 20 Weird and Wonderful Facts about Chickens
- Broiler Chickens Infographic
- What is Feather Sexing? Separating Fact from Myth
- Why Does a Rooster Have a Comb?
- Academic Study Sheds Light on Chicken Intelligence
- What Is a Gizzard and How Does It Work?
- The Complex Relationship Between Chicken and Mosquito
- In Celebration of Heritage Poultry Breeds
- What Is a Standard Chicken Breed?
- What’s the Difference between Sex Link and Autosex Chickens?
- Archaeologists Find Possible Origin of Chicken Consumption
- Here’s How Roosters Know When to Crow
- What is Broodiness and Why Does it Matter to Farmers
- Why Are My Chickens Laying Soft Eggs?
- Why Are Chickens Getting Bigger?
- 5 Little-Known Facts About Chickens
- Reading the Color of an Egg Yolk
- The Mysterious Minds of Chicken Sexers
Category: Chickens in the News
- Planning a Road Trip to Missouri? Be Sure to Visit Cackle Hatchery!
- What is NPIP? National Poultry Improvement Plan
- Chickens Disclosed How Our Immune System Works
- The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Renewing Interest in Raising Backyard Chickens
- The Mother of All Chickens
- The Pandemic May Cause Chick Shipment Delays
- M.A.D. Scientist Creates Self-Replicating Robot
- The COVID-19 Pandemic Triggers a Run on Chickens
- Myrtle the Para Chicken and the Battle of Arnhem
- The Little Red Hen that Sailed Around the World
- Can Backyard Chickens Alleviate Poverty?
- Gender Bending LED Incubator Alters an Egg’s Sex
- China Uses Thousands of Chickens to Control Locust Populations
- UK-Based Startup Is Turning Chicken Feathers Into Insulation
- 4-H Chick Chain Enjoys Renewed Vitality
- The Year of the Rooster is Upon Us! Now What Does That Mean?
- USDA Announces New Rules to Protect Livestock Producers
- National Steak and Poultry Expands Chicken Product Recall
- Rogue Rooster Evades Capture in Pittsburgh
- Farmers Use Chickens as Alternative to Pesticides
- FDA Regulates Use of Antimicrobials in Poultry Feed and Water
- Are Broiler Chickens About to Get Smaller?
- GNP Plans to Cut Antibiotics, Gain Humane Certification
- More Places Using Chickens as Therapy Animals
- How Health Officials Use Chickens to Fight West Nile Virus
- Researchers Use Old Tech to Reduce Salmonella by 90% in Meat
- United Egg Producers Pledges to End Male Chick Culling
- Woody Chicken Breast — One More Reason to Grow Your Own
- Perdue Announces Sweeping Animal Welfare Reforms
- Egg Collecting Robot Gathers Eggs from the Chicken Coop Floor
- Scientists Develop Avian Flu Vaccine for Birds and Humans
- Scientists Seek to Turn Chickens into Dinosaurs
- Studies Demonstrate Nutritional Benefits of Free-Range Eggs
Category: Ducks
- 12 Benefits of Keeping Ducks
- Swedish Duck in the Heritage Breed Spotlight
- Ancona Duck in the Rare Breed Spotlight
- Duck Eclipse and Nuptial Molts — What Do They Mean?
- Heritage Breed Spotlight: White Pekin Duck
- Heritage Breed Spotlight: Khaki Campbell Duck
- Heritage Breed Spotlight: Rouen Duck
- What Color Are Duck Eggs?
- Furnishing Nests for Laying Ducks
- Keeping Ducks and Geese Together
- Ducks for Eggs: How to Keep Your Ducks Laying Well
- Keeping Ducks for Eggs
- Mallard Ducks Choose a Mate by Drake’s Bill Color
- Do Ducks Have a Penis?
- What Causes a Duck to Limp and Go Lame?
- Breed Spotlight: Welsh Harlequin Ducks
Category: Eggs
- Can You Beat Eggflation?
- How to Handle Duck Eggs for Eating
- 4 Functions of a Chicken Egg’s Bloom
- How Long Does It Take for an Egg to Hatch?
- What Causes Double Yolk Eggs?
- Using Two Incubators to Optimize Egg Hatching
- Can Eggs Hatch Without a Rooster?
- 15 Functional Properties of Eggs in Recipes
- No Guarantees When Ordering Hatching Eggs by Mail
- How the Eggs of Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, and Geese Compare
- Gathering Goose Eggs — If You Can Find Them
- Geese: They’re More Than Meat and Feathers
- Goose Eggs Are Delicious
- How Does an Egg Develop Inside a Chicken?
- Supermarket Egg Prices Fall to Ten-Year Low
- Unique Egg Dyeing Styles for Easter
- Poach an Egg Like the Pros
Category: Geese
- 12 Reasons to Keep Geese
Category: Guinea Fowl
- Selecting Guinea Fowl
- 3 Ways to Brood Guinea Fowl and 1 Way Not To
- Raising Guinea Fowl
- Sexing Turkey Poults and Guinea Keets
- How to Keep Guinea Fowl from Flying Away
- Guinea Fowl on Tick Patrol
- Getting Guinea Fowl to Roost Indoors at Night
- Practical Advantages of Raising Guinea Fowl
- 6 Great Reasons to Raise Guinea Fowl
Category: Peafowl
- Peafowl Varieties — Which is Which?
- 6 Tips for Raising Peafowl
Category: Pest Control
Category: Pheasants
- Raising Ringneck Pheasants
Category: Photo Contest
- 2021 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- 2020 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- 2019 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- 2018 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- 2017 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- 2016 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- 2015 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- 2014 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- 2013 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- 2012 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- 2011 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- 2010 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- 2009 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
- 2008 Cackle Hatchery Photo Contest Winners and Runner Ups
Category: Poultry Breeds
- 12 Black Chicken Breeds
- 8 All-Climate Chicken Breeds
- Breed Spotlight: Appenzeller Spitzhauben Chickens
- 16 Chicken Breeds that Tolerate Warm Weather
- 5 Bantam Breeds that Tolerate Warm Weather
- 6 Pros and 6 Cons of Raising Peafowl
- 10 Least Broody Chicken Breeds
- What Is the Definition of Poultry?
- How to Choose the Best Turkey Breed
- Black Laced Red Wyandotte or Black Laced Golden Wyandotte?
- English Marans or French Marans Chicken?
- How Many Chicken Breeds Are There?
- What Is a Bantam Chicken?
- Your Christmas Goose
- Blue Egg Chicken: Ameraucana or Americana?
- Breed Spotlight: Brahma Chickens
- Chicken Breed Spotlight: Australorp or Black Jersey Giant
- Breed Spotlight: Silkie Bantam Chickens
- Are Polish Chickens Really from Poland?
- Rare Breed Spotlight: The Ayam Cemani Chicken
- Heritage Chicken Breed: The White Chantecler
Category: Raising Chickens
- Silver Laced and Golden Laced Cochins in the Spotlight
- Getting to Know Chicken Keepers
- An Easy and Inexpensive Boot Bath Sanitizer for Your Chicken Coop
- Chicks or Hatching Eggs? What’s the Difference?
- How to Discourage a Broody Hen
- The Importance of Keeping a Flock History
- Hen Feather Loss Caused by Rooster Treading
- 10 Ways to Reduce Peck Order Stress in Chickens
- 22 Autosex Breeds of Chickens and Geese
- Which Is Best for Meat: Cornish Broiler or Heritage Breed?
- Two Ways to Brood Cornish Cross Broiler Chickens
- 12 Reasons for Low Fertility in Chickens and Other Poultry
- 7 Reasons Why Chickens Stop Going Into Their Coop at Night
- How to Train Your Chickens to Come When You Call
- Why Raise Cornish Cross Chickens
- When Ordering Chicks, How Many Are Enough?
- 10 Features Laying Hens Look for in a Perfect Nesting Box
- When is Chick Season®?
- Selecting the Best Chicken Egg Incubator
- How Long After Mating Does a Hen Lay Fertile Eggs?
- What Are Chick Days?
- Why Does a Chicken Lose Feathers?
- Raising Cornish Cross Hens? Try This Delicious Recipe at Home!
- Watch a Mother Hen Enjoy a Meal With Her New Chicks [Video]
- Homemade Hand Sanitizer for Poultry Keepers
- 5 Accessories to Add to your Chicken Coop
- Rutgers Outreach Program Brings Chickens to Suburbs in NJ
- To Wash or Not to Wash: The Great Debate
- 5 Unexpected Benefits of Raising Chickens
Category: Roosters
Category: Turkeys
- Starve-Out in Turkey Poults
- How to Brood Turkey Poults
- Turkey Mating Ratio for Good Fertility
- Turkeys Make Good Pets
- Why Do We Call the Turkey a Turkey?
- Thanksgiving Turkey Facts [Infographic]
- Heritage Turkey Spotlight — Royal Palm, Ideal for Small Families
- Keeping Turkeys With Chickens
- Differences Between Heritage Turkeys and Broad Breasted Turkeys
- Heritage Breed: The Narragansett Turkey
- Tips for Choosing a Thanksgiving Turkey
- Where Are All the Turkey Eggs?
Category: Uncategorized
- 2022 Cackle Hatchery Order Form
Category: Waterfowl
- Sexing Ducklings and Goslings
- How to Prevent Angel Wing in Ducks and Geese
- How to Pluck a Goose
- Green Goose: The Cook’s View of the Goose Tribe
- Raising Geese Before the Popularity of Incubators
- How to Deal with an Aggressive Goose
- All About Geese

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